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Park County staff list 17 county parcels for review; commissioners direct title search, appraisal and attorney review
Summary
County engineer presented about 17 county-owned parcels (tax deeds, bridge realignment remnants, a former landfill and other small lots) for possible sale or conveyance; commissioners asked for title searches/appraisals, to consult DEQ for the old landfill site, and directed staff to pursue a Frannie parcel and negotiate an easement with Laughlin landowners.
Park County commissioners reviewed an inventory of county-owned properties and directed staff to move forward with further due diligence on selected parcels, including a small surveyed lot near Frannie and an old unpermitted landfill known as the Kaiser site.
County Engineer Brian Edwards and staff summarized about 17 parcels that may be candidates for sale or conveyance. The parcels include a 1.1-acre tax-deeded parcel acquired in 1963 adjacent to the Wyoming–Montana border that currently provides access for neighboring agricultural land, remnants of right-of-way from bridge realignments, small parcels near subdivisions (some with covenants or development restrictions), a 40-acre former unpermitted landfill (the Kaiser site), and a handful of small lots used as material sources or staging areas for road work.
Commissioners discussed tradeoffs: some parcels are constrained by floodplain, slopes, covenants or utility leases (for example, a site with a long-term cell-tower lease), while others may have marginal market value but could be useful to adjacent landowners or returned to the tax base. Staff recommended title searches and appraisals, and noted that some parcels previously were conveyed or reserved for road-related purposes and might be better retained.
On the Frannie parcel (a surveyed lot with legal access), commissioners directed staff to pursue marketing or an auction-type sale process as a first move and to consult the county attorney about options. On the Kaiser site (Lane 5), staff agreed to follow up with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to determine the end of monitoring obligations and any liability implications before pursuing a sale.
Separately, staff described an access-easement request by Ronald and Yvonne Laughlin that would formalize current use of a county track near the county sewer lagoon. The Laughlins have prepared an easement exhibit and offered a reciprocal easement that would benefit the county; commissioners directed staff and the county attorney to negotiate terms, consider a standard 60-foot width where feasible, and return with an exhibit and recommended conditions.
The board did not authorize sales at the meeting but gave direction to proceed with legal review, title work, and appraisals on prioritized parcels and to report back with recommendations.
What happens next: staff will coordinate title searches and appraisals, consult DEQ on the Kaiser site, and negotiate the Laughlin easement with county attorney involvement before bringing specific sale or conveyance actions back to the commission.
